Originally Posted by
Tourist in MSN
When camping, virtually every day I have some damp stuff because I do a small amount of sink laundry every day and that stuff is never dry by the morning when I am packing up. But if it is not raining, I strap that to the top of my front Ortliebs. It does not dry out there, but it does not mildew either. Sometimes I wrap it up in a towel, some trips I brought a mesh bag for the purpose.
I used to do similarly, but these days I usually have only one set of on bike clothes with me on tour and I just wear them again the next day, damp, wet, or dry. I figure that I usually ride hard enough that I am damp with sweat quick enough any way. If I think it will be cold (like below freezing at the start) the next day I might forgo the washing for as much as a few days. I have done a few long tours including coast to coast since adopting this approach and it has worked fine for me.